The Lunar New Year, a massive celebration in many Asian countries, is fast approaching. This year marks the Year of the Sheep, which, according to the Lunar New Year calendar, will start on February 19.

Two hundred and thirty-nine people boarded Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on March 8, 2014 with nothing more than the anticipation of a quick transit across the Gulf of Thailand, then Thailand, Vietnam and onto China -- home to the majority of those on board.

Christianity was born in Bethlehem, in what's now the West Bank. It took root among people like the Assyrians, who flourished in ancient Mesopotamia. It soon found a home in places like modern-day Turkey.